market crash - Silverstone Classic

[pate930]

Engine rebuilds on 3.3 turbos are generally down to the original headstuds breaking.

Once they have been replaced by Arp headbolts or improved 993 headbolts then generally the engine rebuild issues will be a lot less likely...

[gibbon]

The '65 FHC 4.2 E-type looks a great buy at £48k or am i missing something?

[david hockney]

gibbon said:

The '65 FHC 4.2 E-type looks a great buy at £48k or am i missing something?

Yes- you are missing a '1'

I believe the car sold for £148,000- not the 48 grand now listed on the website

[Magna]

porkey said:

Looks like reasonable value to me.
£40k cheaper than this one.

http://www.pistonheads.com/classifieds/used-cars/p...

Bit of a pity £100k these days doesn't even get you the right seat pattern. Either 928 seats or retrimmed by someone that didn't know the difference.

[gibbon]

david hockney said:

Yes- you are missing a '1'

I believe the car sold for £148,000- not the 48 grand now listed on the website

Ah, i see, well that would explain it!

[GC8]

IMI A said:

If it needs paint £75k still ott. Thats a £50k car in the real world tops.

Id like to accompany you to this 'real world' Imi. Do we get there through the back of a wardrobe?

[Dr S]

I really like the SWB. Would even consider one of these in LHD at that price

[BlackGT3]

pate930 said:

Engine rebuilds on 3.3 turbos are generally down to the original headstuds breaking.

Once they have been replaced by Arp headbolts or improved 993 headbolts then generally the engine rebuild issues will be a lot less likely...

Many of these cars were run with their clocks dis-connected and therefore, the mileage shown and supported by the documentation is not always correct.

[hunter 66]

And Spent a fair bit of time at the top end of the rev range on track ......... maybe the Boost raised for a while as well by the local chip expert.....

[BertBert]

And I've heard they were Always driven by people with no mechanical sympathy banging them into second and buzzing the engine All the time.

hunter 66 said:

And Spent a fair bit of time at the top end of the rev range on track ......... maybe the Boost raised for a while as well by the local chip expert.....

[72911]

GBP1.8m for a 993 GT2 - defo a market crash (RMSotherbys).

[Mintbird]